Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale is a popular dessert destination for snowbirds, retirees, AND new families. It even seems as though Scottsdale’s crime rate numbers keep decreasing each year. Particularly, violent crime rates are lowering, adding to the feeling of security for people who reside in the city.
Scottsdale’s violent crime rate of just 149/100,000 residents makes its locals 65 percent less likely to be victims of a horrific crime than any other average Arizona resident. Even in property crimes, usually a common Achilles’ heel for desirable cities, Scottsdale appears to be a notable improvement on both Arizona and the national average. Property crimes are 24 percent less common in Scottsdale than in any other city in the state.
Bellevue, Washington is a bedroom community of Seattle and, as such, is NOT a small town!
Bellevue is filled with many wealthy people so, if you’re of modest means, don’t plan on moving there.
I don’t like Bellevue . . . .
Small town! Not! The one I’m from has no stop light and there’s a flea market every Thursday, May through September. There are other small towns around and each has a festival in the summer.
You definitely missed my home town.. Ravenna, Ohio! It should definitely be on your list…
Where do you get that a town with over 100,000 people is a small town? I live in a town with 5,900 people. Now, that is a small town.
What about Ferndale, CA?
It is the best small town in Northern CA!